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Battles, Cliff b. May 1, 1910 d. April 28, 1981Hall of Fame Professional Football Player, Coach. For six seasons (1932 to 1937), he played at the tailback, defensive-back, wing-back and fullback positions in the National Football League with the Boston Braves and Boston/Washington Redskins. Born Clifford Franklin Battles, He attended Kenmore High School in Akron and played collegiate football at West Virgina Wesleyan where he lettered in baseball, basketball, track and tennis, as well as football. During his rookie season, he had an...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

Carson, Rachel Louise [Half of cremated remains] b. May 27, 1907 d. April 14, 1964Biologist, Writer, Ecologist. The youngest of three children, Rachel grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where she credits her mother for instilling and nurturing a passion for nature. She graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania College for Women in 1929, and received her Masters in Marine Biology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. After earning her degrees, she taught zoology at the University of Maryland, and then accepted a position with the US Bureau of Fisheries. Her initial...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAPlot: Block#4, Site#3, Lot#307 (top)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott [original burial site] b. September 24, 1896 d. December 21, 1940Author. One of the most celebrated of American writers, famed for his evocative stories of the 1920s. He is usually credited with coining the term "The Jazz Age" to describe that era, which he defined as "a new generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken". The implications of this simmer beneath the alluring surfaces of his fiction, where hedonistic youth and the idle rich party relentlessly to escape the moral and spiritual emptiness of their...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)Rockville Cemetery, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

Fitzgerald, F. Scott b. September 24, 1896 d. December 21, 1940Author. One of the most celebrated of American writers, famed for his evocative stories of the 1920s. He is usually credited with coining the term "The Jazz Age" to describe that era, which he defined as "a new generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken". The implications of this simmer beneath the alluring surfaces of his fiction, where hedonistic youth and the idle rich party relentlessly to escape the moral and spiritual emptiness of their...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)Old Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

Fitzgerald, Zelda b. July 24, 1900 d. March 10, 1948Writer/Artist. Zelda Sayre was the youngest child of Judge Anthony Dickinson Sayre and his wife Minnie. As a child and teenager, she led a wild existance in the quiet town of Montgomery, AL. She met F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1918 and after the publication of his first novel "This Side of Paradise" they married on April 3rd, 1920. Their only child, Frances Scott Fitzgerald, was born in October 1921. Her marriage to Scott was not perfect, while their antics catapulted them to celebrity status...[Read More] (Bio by: Sara Megan Kay)Cause of death: Mental Institution FireOld Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

Johnson, Walter Perry b. November 6, 1887 d. December 10, 1946Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. A right-handed pitcher, he was dubbed "The Big Train" for his sweeping sidearm delivery and blazing fastball. On August 2, 1907, he made his debut for the Washington Senators and spent the next twenty-one seasons with the team (1907 to 1921). He was a two time American League Most Valuable Player (1913, 1924), was a member of the 1924 World Series Champion Senators, had ten successive seasons of 20 or more victories and is present the All Time Major...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)Rockville Cemetery, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

King, David Sjodahl b. June 20, 1917 d. May 5, 2009US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1942, served as law clerk on the US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia in 1943 and established a private law practice in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1945. In 1958, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and Eighty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1963. He was again elected to the Eighty-ninth Congress, serving 1964 to 1966. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him ambassador of the Malagasy Republic and President Richard Nixon...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

Lovre, Harold Orrin b. January 30, 1904 d. January 17, 1972US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and practiced law in Hayti, South Dakota. From 1929 to 1932 and 1937 to 1940, he was State's Attorney for Hamlin County and President of the State Board of Agriculture in 1939 and 1940. He was a member of the State Senate, 1941 to 1944 and chairman of the South Dakota Republican Committee in 1947 and 1948. In 1949, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1957. A...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

Schorr, Daniel Louis b. August 31, 1916 d. July 23, 2010Journalist. Mr. Schorr was a renowned journalist who covered world events for more than half a century. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1939 while working for the Jewish Daily Bulletin. During World War II he served in Army Intelligence. In 1953 Schorr joined CBS News as a recruit of famed journalist Edward R. Murrow. In 1955 he opened the CBS bureau in Moscow and two years later gained an interview with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. In 1962 Schorr aired the...[Read More] (Bio by: Marcus Greene)Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA